CARBONITE

self | Jan 18, 2010 | swampsniper

[reaganaut1]

Thanks for the information, I have been thinking about what backup service to use.

[Trust but Verify]

Very interesting. Thanks for the info.

[exnavy]

One of the best ways to protect yourself online is to be behind a router, it is an actual physical hard firewall that stops a lot of garbage. I don't even run any anti-virus software anymore. A good firewall (router) is the best defense.

[KoRn]

Microsoft should GIVE all Vista users a free upgrade to Win7. Windows Vista is garbage!

[KoRn]

"I don't even run any anti-virus software anymore."

Even behind a firewall, this isn't a good practice, especially if you are running Windows/IE.

[Semper Mark]

CARBONITE?

I don't know, SWAMPSNIPER, if duct tape won't fix it, then...

...out she goes!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I’d be happy if I could run XP again.

[billorites]

I’ve been using Windows7 for over a year on three computers and I think it’s the best OS ever.

[TSgt]

IMHO a WD My Book is the best solution. The data stays on your side of the firewall and recovers very quickly. Backups are real-time not scheduled so your data is always safe. I love mine.

[taxcontrol]

Last I checked, subscription to Carbonite was $55 / year.

A 250 GB external USB drive will run about $120
An Iomega home media network 1Tb NAS storage drive about $250
Both are FAR faster to restore than the Carbonite service.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I didn’t have an infection the damned thing just wasn’t stable. It seems better now, time will tell.

[taxcontrol]

I am behind a firewall. I have an outbound proxy server, and run anti-virus, anti-spyware, local firewall and registry cleaner on a regular basis. My work machine is linux and my home machine vista.

Then again, I’m in the computer security business and a tad paranoid. But I have never had a serious virus and only some minor spyware.

[IbJensen]

I have a Verbatim that is backing up my Dell Laptop and Desktop. If I want to switch to Apple will my backups work to effect the transfers?

[comps4spice]

On site storage is very fast, but in the event of a catastrophe (like, say a house fire), off site storage would preserve things that are genuinely irreplaceable.

Before I landed my current job a year ago I worked in a computer repair shop (small shop—great experience). We had more than one person come in who had only relied on external USB drives for backup of family pictures. They had a catastrophe and lost everything.

Add an off-site service (say JungleDisk) where you only pay by the actual GBs used and you have the best of both world.s.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I have one.

Do you do a lot of photography in RAW format and save files in TIFF? I can use up more storage space in an afternoon of shooting than the average person imagines.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Ask Carbonite.

[exnavy]

I've been running this way for about eight years, with multiple users, going to a wide range of websites. We actually have 2 active computers on the system, no worries.

We do not surf the porn sites or any other questionable content sites. I am an electronic tech by trade and I do believe the anti virus software actually draws the bad junk to your computer.

[poobear]

I have an XP disc I’ll lend to you. The computer place that built mine gave it to me. Much faster and more reliable the vista or micro 7 IMHO.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

Rush endorses Carbonite; that’s good enough for me.

Meanwhile, your story is just appalling. Go Mac. Seriously.